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Prime Minister Visits UK

(Disclaimer:This was an earlier article written by freelance writer Sara Taukolonga from the UK.) On 27 November, 2007, the High Commissioner of Tonga to the UK, H.E. DR Sione Ngongo Kioa and Mrs Victorina Kioa invited the Tongan community in Britain... 

Bone Marrow Drive: Tatiana

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676 to release her first Tongan Album this Spring!

676 to release her first Tongan Album this Spring! “I have been wanting to record an album like this for a long time and finally it’s coming true” says Neti Taumoepeau of 676. Her first full-length Tongan album is set to be released this Spring... 

Pacific Worlds and the American West Conference

Pacific Worlds and the American West Conference February 08 & 09, 2008 University of Utah Press Release For Immediate Release: Salt Lake City, Utah.  January 22, 2007.  The University of Utah’s American West Center will be hosting an international,... 

Three new books - Veimau, Faiva ta`anga and `Aati `o e Lea

Three new books on Tonga in a row Three new books - Veimau, Faiva ta`anga and `Aati `o e Lea Tonga Heliaki – on aspects of Tongan society, history and culture - where a leading Tongan anthropologist, historian, poet and art critic Dr `Okusitino Māhina... 

Understanding the Church’s Annual Misinale Festival from

Understanding the Church’s Annual Misinale Festival from a Biblical Perspective Rev Dr Ma’afu Palu November 2007 It is towards the end of another year, the time during which most local churches in Tonga and abroad belonging to the Methodist tradition... 

A new Pacific book to celebrate AUPISA

A new Pacific book to celebrate AUPISA ‘ĀTEA, MOANA AND VANUA: Voices from the Brown Edge was co-edited by Dr ‘Okusitino Māhina (Anthropology), with three postgraduate students Nuhisifa Seve-Williams (PhD, Education), Alovale Faaiuaso (MA, Pacific... 

Farewell Tonga Poteki Malohifo’ou

Tonga Poteki Malohifo’ou April 21, 1913 - January 11, 2008 Audio dedication by grandson Dr. Tevita O. Ka’ili Sign the guest book. Our beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather Tonga Poteki Malohifo’ou, son of Sione Pota Uaine and ‘Anapesi...